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Post by Cynesige ap Hyfaidd on Apr 1, 2016 21:15:52 GMT
The host of Cynesige had been conducting their pursuit of the Friedlanders for a day and a half. Aeron had been indispensable in guiding the party onward, having the ability to discern faint tracks in the dry ground where others could see none. In the early afternoon of the second day the party suddenly stopped to discover a cadaver in the middle of the road.
"Several days old by the looks of him ..." Aeron was prodding the corpse with his foot circumspectly as he spoke to the man that had first stumbled upon it. Cynesige by this point was approaching them and then knelt gingerly beside to investigate.
"What's wrong with his face? It seems so stiff and misshapen ... was he poisoned?" Cynesige looked to the hunstman expectantly.
"Witchcraft, sir." Aeron regarded the body gravely and spat before proceeding. Cynesige and the party followed, weary of the road ahead.
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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2016 21:32:38 GMT
Two days march after the corpse had been found, and there had been little sign of the Friedlanders other than the occasional marks where they had made camp on the banks. The trees were becoming sparser, and weeds and bracken sprouted from large clearings along the valley side... Please follow and play the following link... picosong.com/NcLC"I used to live here", Cynesige was not sure how long Aeron had been walking behind him. "We were never rich, this isn't rich land, but we had such gardens. Everyone kept a garden. In May, you could not escape bluebells. The whole valley side was a vibrant indigo. The girls would take them, and weave them into their hair with daisies and late blooming daffodils. All summer the villages were awash with colour, we'd dry them and hang them in the windows and over the doors. We'd stuff our beds with them and sleep surrounded by a thousand fragrances", he looked at Cynesige, his eyes red, "Now look at it. Twenty years since they came. First the laughter went, replaced with fear. Then the people, killed, enslaved, or fled. Now even the flowers are gone..." Aeron picked up his pace, striding back to the fore of the column. He didn't say much for the next few days, as the land became wilder, hillier, and the river began bubbling and rippling over the rocks on the bank, until one afternoon, four days later he came running up to the column from his vigil, "The portage way is a mile on, and there are Friedlanders there"... |
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Post by Cynesige ap Hyfaidd on Apr 1, 2016 21:58:30 GMT
"How many, Aeron?" Cynesige's voice was firm and betrayed no sense of panic or alarm. He checked his scabbard and unclasped the cloak from around his shoulders.
"I counted 4. There are likely to be more." By this time the whole rabble had been alerted to the news and had begun to swing their shields from their backs.
"Men, gather around me, we'll approach them together. Aeron, take three of the best men with you and advance before us. I want you to remain hidden and to keep an eye on the raiders before the rest of us arrive. Hurry now, and take your hunting bow, if those Friedlanders attempt to leave the portage, unleash your arrows into them."
With that Aeron and three other of the woodsmen dashed off, sparing no time.
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Post by Cynesige ap Hyfaidd on Apr 5, 2016 15:25:32 GMT
*thump* *thump*
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Post by Admin on Apr 8, 2016 20:40:17 GMT
Cynesige approaches Aeron, who is crouched amidst some bracken on the steep valley-side above the Friedlanders. The portage way was a narrow stone path winding its way along the river-side. They were fortunate, and the rush of the water as it crashed down small cataracts and between rocks effectively deadened the sounds that the woodsmen were making.
"They're just sentries, I'm sure. Four at this end of the portage, probably more at the other end, but that is three miles. I haven't seen hide not hair of any others. But, sir, look there", he pointed down to the waterside, at a small stone jetty jutting out into the river before it made the first of its many plunges, "Do you see the coils of rope? And iron chains. The captives will have passed here, I'm sure of it... What are your orders?"
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